Award Winners'S ARCHIVE

The Galveston ISD Educational Foundation (GEF) awarded $73,763.58 to Galveston Independent School District (GISD) educators through their Grants to Teachers and Schools program this fall. Books, literacy resources, technology and varied learning materials will be purchased for GISD’s classrooms as a result. GEF board members, GISD administrators, GISD board of trustee members, donors and friends […]

Educators at Galveston Independent School District were awarded nearly $75,000 during the last school semester through the Galveston ISD Educational Foundation’s (GEF) Grants to Teachers and School program. “The success of GEF is directly tied to the generosity and giving of our supporters,” remarked GEF’s board president Will Wright. “We can’t thank our donors enough […]

Selected Galveston Independent School District teachers got a much needed financial boost recently as the Galveston ISD Educational Foundation awarded more than $66,000 to its fall grant recipients in surprise announcements throughout area schools. “Grant distribution days are the best days of the whole year for GEF,” says GEF Executive Director, Erin Yarbrough. “Seeing the […]

The GISD Educational Foundation (GEF) recently announced the awarding of 14 grant winners totaling over $26,000 for school projects not normally funded by the district’s general fund. The GEF has raised over $2 million in grants for schools and teachers since its inception in 2002. The following winners were: Stephanie Mendoza – Ball High – […]

The Galveston ISD Educational Foundation (GEF) recently awarded 9 teachers with grants that will go towards supporting programs or initiatives not supported by the district general fund. The winners received over $10,000 in grant monies generated from donations and support.